Cuff-holder.



PATENTBD MAY 26, 190s.

iJ. H.l & A. I. DWORK.

GUFF HOLDER.

APPLIoATloN FILED SEPT. 1a, 1902.

'IO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Patented Vay 26, 1903.

QEEICE.

JOSEPH H. DWORK AND ABRAHAM I. DWORK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N 729,295, dated May 26, 1903. Application filed September 13, 1902. Serial No. 123,310. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ-whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, JOSEPH I-I. DWORK and ABRAHAM l. DWORK, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved `Cuff-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device for holding culfs attached to the sleeves of ones shirt, and it is of that general class in which is provided a shank with an' attaching device at each end, one device being adapted to engage the shirt and the other devicebeing adapted to engage the cuff.

This specification is an exact description of one example of ourinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification,4 in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a view showing the device attached to a cuff. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device. Fig. 3 is a front end view. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig.

5 is an elevational view with the main finger.` of the device in section on the line 5 5 of Fig() 4 and showing the minor finger in raised or intermediate position, and Fig. 6 is an elevation lookingptoward the inner side of the cuff-engaging end of the device and illustrating the shank in section on the line 6 6 of`` Fig. 4 and the minor finger thrown up into' intermediate position.

ot indicates the shank, and b indicates a device of any desired form for engaging the shirt-sleeve. This device b is at one end of the shank, and at the other end the -shank is turned laterally, as indicated at 0L. From this laterally-turned endet projects the main linger c of the @nF-holder. This finger c is, as best shown in Fig. 1, essentially of horseshoe form, the sides of the linger being extensions from the side portions of the shankV end a and the parts a, a', and c being preferably constructed of one integral section of material.

d indicates the minor linger, which is also of essentially horseshoe form, and across the ends of the side portions of said finger an angular bar d extends, said parts d and d' bef indicates a spring which is fastened to the outer side of the end a' of the shank and bears immediately below the flange e between the lugs e'. This spring holds the minor linger d securely yet removably in the position shown in Fig. 4 or in that shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and full lines in Fig. 1. The studs e are formed by stamping them from the material forming the laterally-disposed end a' of the shank et, and in doing this notches are produced in said end, these notches being indicated at e2, and said notches serve to allow the minor finger d to be thrown back to the position shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the finger will lie in or slightly below the plane of the main finger c.

In the use of the invention the two lingers are thrown the one within the other, as indicated in Fig. 4, and then they may be readily inserted into the buttonhole of the cuf. After the fingers have been moved through the buttonhole and the lateral end a of the shank a lies in such hole the minor finger d should be thrown back into the position opposite the iinger'c, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and thus the holder is securely attached to the cuff and cannot be removed except by returning the finger cl to its inactive position.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of our invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence we consider .ourselves entitled to all such variations 'as may lie within the scope of our claims.

.Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cuff-holder, comprising a shank hav- -ing a laterally-turned end, a linger projected outward therefrom in a plane essentially parallel to that of the shank, said laterallybent end of the shank having two outwardly- ICO projected lugs, a fiange projected in the same direction as the lugs but spaced therefrom, a swinging finger having an angular bar lying between the fiange and lugs, a spring pressing the angular bar to hold itin eitherof two positions and a means for engaging the sleeve at. the other end ofthe shank.

2. A cuff-holder, comprising a shank having a laterally-bent end, a rigid finger projected outward therefrom and lying in a plane essentially parallel to that of the shank, said rigid or main fingerbeingof essentiallyhorseshoe form and the laterally-bent end of the shank having a liange projected outward between the arms of the said rigid or main finger and studs projected outward and spaced from the fiange` an essentially horseshoe-shaped swinging finger having an angular bar lying between the studs and flange, said swinging finger being capable of moving into the main or rigid linger, and a spring fastened to the laterally-turned end of the shank and pressing against the said angular bar, to hold it in either one of two positions.

3. A cuff-holder, comprising a shank having a laterally-bent end, a rigid finger projected outward therefrom and lying in a plane essentially parallel to that of the shank, said rigid or main nger being of essentially horseshoe form and the laterally-bent end of the shank having a flange projected outward between the arms of the said rigid or main finger and studs projected outward and spaced from the fiange, an essentially horseshoe-shaped swinging finger having an angular bar lying between the studs and flange, said swinging finger being capable of moving into the main or rigid finger, and a spring fastened to the laterally-turned end of the shank and pressing against the said angulaibar, to hold it in either one of two positions, the free end of the swinging finger being arranged to lie above the plane of the onter end of the rigid finger so as to permitreadily grasping the swinging finger to operate it.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH H. DVVORK. ABRAHAM I. DWORK.

Witnesses:

ISAAC B. OWENS, JNO. M. RITTER. 

